Hiking Trails
Pinhoti Trail #40: Dennis Mill TH to Northern Terminus
Reaching the Dennis Mill Trailhead was bittersweet; it meant I only had about 40 (ish) more miles left. From here ...
Pinhoti Trail #39: Cave Spring to Snake Creek Gap
Well, I made it back to the Pinhoti Trail. Suspenders is shuttling me around to finish the last 80-ish miles ...
Appalachian Trail Day 35: Waterfalls & Leaving NC…Again!?
A nice, humid day made nicer by two waterfalls. I also left North Carolina again (had no idea that was ...
Appalachian Trail Day 31: Highest Shelter on the AT
We’re back on the trail! Rain and mist greeted us as we hiked four miles uphill on a muddy trail, ...
Appalachian Trail #5: Injury, Rain Delay, & Trail Days
We made it back to the trail, ready to do our first key swap. But the week ended with another ...
Appalachian Trail #4: Made it to Uncle Johnny’s
We started the week still in Gatlinburg and ended it at Uncle Johnny's, where I came up with a wild ...
Appalachian Trail #3: Injury & Gatlinburg
We started off the week with a 12(ish) mile slackpack, then a trip to the ER, and ended it by ...
Appalachian Trail #2: A Wildfire Changes Our Plan
Week 2 started off with a 14-mile slack pack that I originally remember in 2020 as being easy. My Tramily ...
Appalachian Trail #1: Forming a Tramily
Miles Since Last UpdateTotal Miles HikedMiles Remaining 0 38.2 2160.2 This week was full of laughter, making new friends, and ...
Appalachian Trail: Pre-Trail Gear Changes
Since we had to come home briefly from our BamaToBaxter hike due to Suspenders' health issues, we decided to make ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 30: A Dead Body…kinda & The Beginning of the ATV Park
Today was our last day of slackpacking, and we started the day with a climb, which always seems to be ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 29: Oakey Mountain
Oakey Mountain isn't as tall as Dugger Mountain, but man it kicked our butts worse than Dugger did. It took ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 28: Dugger Mountain & Plane Wreckage
Today, we started the "harder" section. It honestly felt the same as all the others, lmao. Yes, the climb was ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 26 & 27: Laurel Shelter to Burns Trailhead & a Zero Day
After a poor night's sleep, we woke up, had breakfast, and headed out. The plan was to go to a ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 25: Pine Glen Campground to Laurel Shelter (& a Ghostly Tale)
The trail leading out of Pine Glen Campground is super nice, and I am not just saying that because it ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 23 & 24: Slackpacking & a Zero
Pinhoti Trail Day 23: Slackpacked 14 miles Today, we slackpacked from the start of the Heflin Spur to Pine Glen ...


